Herkunftsländer

[ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌlɛndɐ]

/[ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌlɛndɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Herkunftsländer” has 25 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,892
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
25
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Herkunftsland

Corpus desk

Index DE-herkunftslander · Herkunftsländer · German

Herkunftsländer · rank #41,892 · 25 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,892
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 25 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH heranzukommen

Nearest frequency peer: heranzukommen (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Herkunftsländer“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Herkunftsländer“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Herkunftsländer vs Herkunftsländern
94% similar
Herkunftsländer vs Herkunftsland
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Herkunftsländer
PropertyValue
HeadwordHerkunftsländer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌlɛndɐ]
Letters15
Frequency rank#41,892
Misspellings tracked25
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Herkunftsländer“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Herkunftsländerliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „heranzukommen“ (#41,890), „hilflosen“ (#41,894), „Hilfskräfte“ (#41,895). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Herkunftsländer“ bei #41,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 25 spelling variants around Herkunftsländer (IPA [ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌlɛndɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,892 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for Herkunftsländer, with forms such as "ehrkunftsländer", "hekrunftsländer", and "herkkunftsländer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Herkunftsländern", "Herkunftsland", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Herkunftsländer, spelled H-E-R-K-U-N-F-T-S-L-Ä-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Herkunftsland
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Herkunftsland
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Herkunftsland

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehrkunftsländer
  • hekrunftsländer
  • herkkunftsländer
  • herknuftsländer
  • herkufntsländer
  • herkunfftsländer
  • herkunfstländer
  • herkunftlsänder
  • herkunftslländer
  • herkunftslnäder
  • herkunftslädner
  • herkunftsländder
  • herkunftsländerr
  • herkunftsländre
  • herkunftslänedr
  • herkunftslännder
  • herkunftssländer
  • herkunftsälnder
  • herkunfttsländer
  • herkunnftsländer
  • herkuntfsländer
  • herrkunftsländer
  • heruknftsländer
  • hherkunftsländer
  • hrekunftsländer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Herkunftsländer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ehrkunftsländer2hekrunftsländer2herkkunftsländer1herknuftsländer2herkufntsländer2herkunfftsländer1herkunfstländer2herkunftlsänder2
Edit distance from "Herkunftsländer"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Herkunftsländer"?
"Herkunftsländer" is spelled H-E-R-K-U-N-F-T-S-L-Ä-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌlɛndɐ].
What does "Herkunftsländer" mean?
As a noun, "Herkunftsländer" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Herkunftsland
What words are commonly confused with "Herkunftsländer"?
"Herkunftsländer" is commonly confused with "Herkunftsländern", "Herkunftsland". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Herkunftsländer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Herkunftsländer" is [ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌlɛndɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Herkunftsländer" come from?
"Herkunftsländer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Herkunftsländer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (25 here; floor ≥5).

gesundheitlicher25 variantsMaschinengewehre25 variantsentgegenzutreten25 variantsDirektkandidaten25 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list